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In a paper published in 2018, titled ‘Is there an optimal diet for weight management and metabolic health?’, the authors rather refreshingly concluded that ‘Human beings prefer things to be...

Why you won’t achieve ‘the 4-Hour Body’ ​Tim Ferris’s bestselling book ‘The 4-Hour Body’ includes a chapter called ‘From Geek to Freak’, in which he claims to have gained 34lbs...

“Pack on the muscle and torch that fat!!” “Turn yourself into a fat-burning inferno!!” ​So scream the headlines and advertisements from just about every muscle and fitness mag you lay eyes...

How quickly can I regain muscle (and how quickly will I lose muscle)? During the pandemic in 2020/21, the gyms were closed and so most of us stopped weight-training completely....

Your BodyScan DEXA scan report contains a vast array of data. On the front page of the report (bottom right) is a small table titled Lean Indices with two indices...

Just before Christmas 2016 a BodyScan client presented with a very dramatic change in body re-composition. Though the actual scans were 17 months apart, the client reported that the changes...

If you’re coming to BodyScan for a DEXA body scan, you may be concerned if you have an implant, such as a Pacemaker or Cochlear, prosthesis, breast implant or just...

If you’re on this page you’re probably wondering how to prepare for a DEXA body scan. What to wear, whether you can eat or drink, are there any prohibited activities,...

What are ‘maintenance calories’ or ‘calorie maintenance’? Most people start thinking about the calories in food and drink when they’re looking to lose weight.  That’s because, to achieve weight-loss, the...

What is body fat and body fat percentage? Body fat is just as essential to the proper functioning of your body as muscle, organs and bones. Body fat provides cushioning and...

At the simplest level, a DEXA body composition scan shows how much fat, lean mass and bone you have in your body. DEXA scans are universally regarded as the ‘gold...

The fundamental principle of weight-loss is that you have to be in a sustained energy (calorie) deficit over time. Or more simply: over the long term, “calories in” has to...

Intermittent Fasting (IF) has hit the headlines in recent years, touted by many to be a superior way to lose body fat (and build muscle). Many BodyScan customers tell us...

Losing body fat is theoretically quite easy. Consume less energy (by way of fewer calories) than you expend and fat-loss will occur. Increasing muscle mass or ‘hypertrophy’, on the other...

Many BodyScan customers sing the praises of a ketogenic diet and attribute their successful fat-loss to it. The DEXA scan results below of a man in his fifties show an...